#BDBAC4#BDBAC4

#BDBAC4 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.014 H 299.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDBAC4
RGB	rgb(189, 186, 196)
HSL	hsl(258, 8%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(258, 5%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, 2.93, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 5.51, 302.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% 0.0071 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.014 299.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.5072, 49.9221, 59.2943)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDBAC4 #C1C4BA

analogous

#BABCC4 #BDBAC4 #C2BAC4

triadic

#BDBAC4 #C4BDBA #BAC4BD

tetradic

#BDBAC4 #C4BABC #C1C4BA #BAC4C2

square

#BDBAC4 #C4BABC #C1C4BA #BAC4C2

split-complementary

#BDBAC4 #C4C2BA #BCC4BA

monochromatic

#7E788C #9D99A8 #BDBAC4 #DDDBE0 #EFEFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BDBAC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BDBAC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDBAC4

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDBAC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDBAC4	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BBC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BBC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BCBBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bdbac4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 186, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.014 299.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ced5',
    500: '#bdbac4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bdbac4;
$custom-light: #d0ced5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bdbac4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 7.813,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79437,
    "c": 0.01431,
    "h": 299.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDBAC4

secondary

#E6E7E4

accent

#92547F

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FA

border

#D2D2D3

text

#141314

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDBAC4

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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